| ▲ | Sperm Whales Speak with a Complex Alphabet and Even Have 'Vowels,' Study Finds(gizmodo.com) | |
| 7 points by Brajeshwar 17 hours ago | 3 comments | ||
| ▲ | lioeters 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
The article is based on this study: The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels - https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2994 > In the present paper, we demonstrate that sperm whale codas not only resemble human vowels acoustically but also pattern like them along several linguistic dimensions. | ||
| ▲ | dlcarrier 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Do they have consonants? | ||
| ▲ | metalman 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
"sqeeeeeeeeeek, hurrronk, hrrrrroinkk, skeeeeedrbllblubbbbb, sqeeeeejjjjjeeekkke, blllllluuubbbbnnn" translation "mother ship arriving soon, ape animal neutralisation procedure to begin imediatly" | ||